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Validation of a case definition to define chronic dialysis using outpatient administrative data

BACKGROUND: Administrative health care databases offer an efficient and accessible, though as-yet unvalidated, approach to studying outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The objective of this study is to determine the validity of outpatient physician bi...

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Autores principales: Clement, Fiona M, James, Matthew T, Chin, Rick, Klarenbach, Scott W, Manns, Braden J, Quinn, Robert R, Ravani, Pietro, Tonelli, Marcello, Hemmelgarn, Brenda R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21362182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-25